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Nov 04 2021
News
Juror in Kyle Rittenhouse trial dismissed for telling joke about police shooting of Jacob Blake
A juror was dismissed in Kyle Rittenhouse's homicide trial Thursday morning after he told a joke to a deputy earlier this week about the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The incident occurred when a male juror made a joke about the shooting while being escorted to his car, Judge Bruce Schroeder said.
"I'm going to summarize what I remember, what I was told," Schroeder said. "He
CNN (Online News)Mar 24 2024
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Blake Lively ‘mortified’ about her joke after Kate Middleton shares cancer diagnosis
Blake Lively is admitting she is mortified. Lively’s apology comes after Kate Middleton announced on March 22 that she is battling cancer after undergoing major abdominal surgery. This news was shared with the world after the Associated Press issued a “kill notification” for one of the Princess’s Instagram posts, saying the photo she shared on Mother’s Day was edited and altered. The
The Fresno BeeSep 01 2020
Fact Check
Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?
On Aug. 23, 2020, a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot Jacob Blake several times in the back during an encounter that was recorded on cellphone video. Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was left paralyzed by the shooting, his family’s attorney told reporters.
The shooting prompted widespread outrage and sparked three successive nights of protest in Kenosha and other U.S. cities,
SnopesFeb 08 2024
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Mayor Jacob Frey's joke about remote workers becoming losers doesn't land
Mayor Jacob Frey's needling of people who work from home set off a firestorm on social media. What he said: "I don't know if you saw this study the other day. What this study clearly showed... is that when people who have the ability to come downtown to an office don't — when they stay home sitting on their couch, with their nasty cat blanket, diddling on their laptop — if they do that for a
AxiosSep 03 2020
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Biden's trip to Kenosha questioned following Jacob Blake shooting
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went to Wisconsin Thursday, two days after President Trump, but his travels left locals with many questions about his motives.
"It was all mom-and-pop stores that got destroyed down here. It's really sad. It's heartbreaking. We're trying to find justice, and we all know that the people here are on the right side of the issue," said Jack Jay, a
Fox News (Online News)Jan 16 2021
Analysis
The Media Said Jacob Blake Was Unarmed When He Was Shot. Blake Ends That Narrative.
Jacob Blake admitted during his one-on-one interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America" that he was armed with a knife at the time he was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha Police Department officer in August. Videos from the shooting sparked several days of riots that resulted in millions of dollars of damage and multiple shootings.
TownhallAug 25 2020
News
The Jacob Blake Shooting & Civil Unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Sunday, police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man, 7 times in the back. Blake was attempting to enter his car, which held his three young children, after walking away from a Abridge NewsSep 09 2020
Opinion
Kamala Harris' pride in Jacob Blake betrays MeToo
You know the quote attributed to Karl Marx, "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce." This could not apply more to the "MeToo" movement, particularly as it intersects with Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old black man who has a an alleged history of domestic abuse, that law enforcement shot and nearly killed in Kenosha, Wisc.
The interaction sparked another round of riots in
The Post MillennialAug 27 2020
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Jacob Blake: Police officer in Kenosha shooting named
Wisconsin's attorney general has named the officer who shot a black man on Sunday, sparking days of demonstrations.
Josh Kaul told reporters on Wednesday that Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as he opened the door of his car.
Officers found a knife in Mr Blake's car, he added, but no other weapons.
The shooting has sparked a wave of protests in
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